Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles
Author
Galea, Horia R.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2570
1
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197380
623f5942-0074-4d90-b034-a0b102d5a3e6
1175-5326
197380
Macrorhynchia philippina
Kirchenpauer, 1872
(figs 1J, 8P)
Aglaophenia philippina
Kirchenpauer, 1872
: 45
, fig. 17; pl. 1 fig. 26; pl. 2 figs 26A, B; pl. 7 fig. 26.
Macrorhynchia philippina
―
Ansín Agís
et al
., 2001
: 100
, fig. 46.
Material examined
.
Stn.8
: 0
5.12.2009
, 17 m—several infertile colonies to
5 cm
high, from sediment bottom (MNHN-IK.2009-820).
Stn.10
: 0
2.12.2009
, 18 m—several sterile stems and fragments to
4.5 cm
high, on concretions.
Stn.12
:
30.11.2009
, 12–15 m—several sterile colonies and fragments, to
8.5 cm
high, on hard substrate.
Stn.13
:
19.11.2009
, 13 m—several sterile stems and fragments to
5 cm
high, on hard substrate.
Stn.20
:
26.11.2009
, 20 m—several sterile colonies and fragments to
4.5 cm
high, on hard substrate.
Remarks
. For synonymy and description, see
Ansín Agís
et al
. (2001)
. The medusoid gonophores were described by
Gravier (1970)
, and their release and spawning by
Bourmaud & Gravier-Bonnet (2004)
.
Caribbean records
. See
Calder & Kirkendale (2005)
.
World distribution
. See
Ansín Agís
et al
. (2001)
.